Model Engineer Index 1898 onwards

Actions	Year	Date	Volume	Issue	Page	Category	Part	Title	Author	Notes
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	128	Smoke Rings		125 Not Out!		Published continuously for 125 years, Bob McFiggans, Mechanics Magazine
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	128	Smoke Rings		SM&EE Too!		125th birthday of the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	128	Smoke Rings		Customs		Bringing a complete set of Model Engineer into the country
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	129	Tram		7 1/4 Inch Gauge Y6 Steam Tram	Kevin Baldwin	Knocks up a convincing Wisbech and Upwell tram from odds and ends. Scavenge... more Knocks up a convincing Wisbech and Upwell tram from odds and ends. Scavenged 'Pride of Penrhyn', side skirts, cowcatcher, riding trolley, ball valve regulator, bodywork, added accessories, test run
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	132	Horology	2	A Waterwheel Skeleton Clock	Eric Rumbo	Presents his own version of a skeleton clock. Balls cage and lifting arm, p... more Presents his own version of a skeleton clock. Balls cage and lifting arm, pendulum, motion works, the dial, electronics, the motor driving circuit, the completed clock
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	135	Locomotive	2	LNER A4 Development - Mallard	Robert Hobbs	Restores a rather battered A3 as an A4. The author's 2 1/2 inch gauge A4 Ma... more Restores a rather battered A3 as an A4. The author's 2 1/2 inch gauge A4 Mallard, Ready for welding, frames, front bogie, wheel sets, dummy springs, tender frames, quartering coupled wheels. Tender body, water filter, brake blocks
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	140	Internal Combustion	3	'Hit and Miss' Internal Combustion Engine	Ian Couchman	Tries something a little different. Piston and connecting rod
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	142	Railway	3	Building some LSWR Wagons	Gerald Martyn	Shares his experiences of building 5 inch gauge wagons for the LSWR. Underf... more Shares his experiences of building 5 inch gauge wagons for the LSWR. Underframe and other woodwork
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	144	Stationary Engine	11	Grasshopper Beam Engine	Martin Gearing	Presents an ideal beginner's project with great potential for the more expe... more Presents an ideal beginner's project with great potential for the more experienced builder. Link anchor mounts, link anchor
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	147	Club		York Model Engineers Clanger Award	Roger Backhouse	Holds the York club up as an exemplar of a club not afraid to admit its mis... more Holds the York club up as an exemplar of a club not afraid to admit its mistakes. The Clanger Trophy by Bob Lovett, woven hanging at Fairfield Mill near Sedburgh, distinguished judges, the definition, the competition, a classic clanger? Richard Gibbon presents the Clanger Trophy to Paul Whattam, 31 1/2 tooth gear wheel, lessons for other societies? Reference
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	149	Boiler		Ballaarat Copper Boiler		Poor definition of figures 7 and 8 in M.E. 4702, repeated
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	152	Club		We Visit the Bristol SMEE	John Arrowsmith	Spends a pleasant afternoon at the Bristol club's Ashton Court Park Track. ... more Spends a pleasant afternoon at the Bristol club's Ashton Court Park Track. Location of signals and signs, clubhouse, main track traverser, track circuits, Romulus locomotive, Class 800 locomotive and train, new garden railway structure, goods train, storage buildings and workshop, carriage storage shed, workshop, President Bernard North, main station and bridges, CNC milling machine, two span bridge, tunnel portals, station approach signals
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	157	Locomotive	7	Wainwright's Swansong. The End of an Era	Nick Feast	Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge version of one of the last of the elegant Edwardi... more Builds a 3 1/2 inch gauge version of one of the last of the elegant Edwardian locomotives. Original tender document, cladding, references
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	159	Diary		Club Diary
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	160	Electrical	2	Performance Testing an Electric Motor using a Dynamometer	Graham Astbury	Determines the output of a rewound electric motor by building a dynamometer... more Determines the output of a rewound electric motor by building a dynamometer. The second incarnation, the test set-up, calibration, reference
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	163	Stationary Engine	14	A Miniature Oscillating Steam Engine	Hotspur	Constructs a three-cylinder reversible oscillating engine. Adding the top f... more Constructs a three-cylinder reversible oscillating engine. Adding the top fittings to the boiler
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	166	Locomotive	5	The Eating of Elephants	Steve Goodbody	An Oldie But a Goodie. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings... more An Oldie But a Goodie. Finds some things are best tackled in small helpings. A new friend, stretcher strain, oldies but goodies, decision time, George Adams round-bed lathe, postscript to Part 5
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	169	Locomotive	50	Flying Scotsman in 5 Inch Gauge	Peter Seymour-Howell	Cylinder Relief Valves and Slidebars. Builds a fine, fully detailed model o... more Cylinder Relief Valves and Slidebars. Builds a fine, fully detailed model of Gresley's iconic locomotive to Don Young's drawings. Painting by Diane Carney, cylinders relief valves, slidebars
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	173	General		Next Issue		Model Fair (Centurion SME): Stephenson's Valve Gear: Dividing on the Lathe:... more Model Fair (Centurion SME): Stephenson's Valve Gear: Dividing on the Lathe: De Winton Locomotive: Scotsman Crossheads
	2023	13-Jan	230	4,708	174	Club News		Geoff Theasby's comments		Firth Park Technische Funk Meister mit der Gesellschaftsnachrichten, Nigel ... more Firth Park Technische Funk Meister mit der Gesellschaftsnachrichten, Nigel Bennett of Leeds SMEE, Yorkshire steam wagon outside Aizlewood Mill Sheffield, Maurice Kelly, J & J Dyson, Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company, model truck in Aizlewood Mills livery, nature noises, Imperial standards of measurement
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